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exterior entry advice

last year

We bought this house and I would like to capitalize on the stone wall around the entry. Not crazy about it going all the way to the windows but my husband said too much work to redo. I am going to paint the house this summer a lighter color as in second photo. Any advice on paint? Shall I paint the bottom and top wall rim boards the new color? What about the vertical thin trim pieces each side of entry stone butting against the windows. Thank you!

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  • last year

    I would go for a creamy white on the trim, and the uprights by the brick. Also when you paint the house, please paint those garage doors the same color as you paint the body of the house. Right now, those garage doors really stand out, and they shouldnt. I also notice you have a different color on them, on the lighter house color you have picked, but, it does not go with the house color. The garage doors color makes the house look choppy. If they are same color as the house, it will streamline the entire front of the house. It appears (hard to tell with the snow), that you also need to do some serious landscaping. A couple of smaller size trees in the front yard would also look very nice. Congratulations on your new house, with new paint and landscaping, it will be beautiful.

  • last year
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    Not sure what you mean by saying ”stone walls by the entry.” Inside this red box? If that’s what you mean, it really doesn’t look like stone to me. Maybe slap-on facer bricks? Perhaps we need a better picture. In this picture, that feature doesn’t look worthy of highlighting.


  • last year

    I tried to lighten the photo to compensate for the shadowed entry. If this is more representive of the stone color, I think these colors from Benjamin Moore work. I’d use the trim color (Winter Soltice) on the facia and window trim. I think I’d paint the bottom and side trims the same as the body of the house, as well as the trim around the door. The contrast between the door and trim is currently too stark. I agree with cat_ky to paint the garage doors the same as the body of the house.



  • last year

    Yes I will paint garage doors, right now just manufacturer’s white. I also thought that painting bottom trim around whole house would be a better transition (more timeless) . If you look at attached photo, is that the side trim you are referring to/ or just brick side trim. What about top trim? Right now I think there is just too much white.

  • last year

    Yes I will paint garage doors as a couple of you suggest; right now just manufacturer’s white. I also thought that painting bottom trim as suggested around whole house would be a better stone transition (more timeless) . What about top trim? I am tempted to also paint. Stone accent looks better in real life, and maybe if I add a false roof dormer would look better? I am leaving all trim I don’t paint white for sure.

  • PRO
    last year

    Paint the bottom trim the siding color.

  • last year

    The house looks like it needs a roof over the front door. I do think, that would make the stone look a bit more like it belonged there.

  • last year

    Yes, paint the side trim (both the trim beside the stone and the corner trim) the same color as the body of the house. There’s plenty of contrast between the body and the foundation, so there’s no need to highlight the bottom trim. I’d bring home sample colors to test against the stone to ensure they are right in reality.




  • last year

    Thank you all!